The Lie (1918)

ALL 04/08/1918 (en) Drama 50 Min
  • Release
    04/08/1918
  • Production
    Famous Players Film Company, Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    The Lie
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Elinor Shale's happiness at being engaged to Gerald Forster is interrupted by the arrival of her sister Lucy, who confesses that she will soon give birth to an illegitimate child. Elinor goes into seclusion with her sister until the baby is born and then tries to find a foster mother. Seeking to estrange Gerald from Elinor so that she may marry him herself, Lucy convinces him that Elinor is the child's mother. After Lucy and Gerald's marriage, Elinor learns of her sister's perfidy and resolves to tell Gerald the truth, but at the sight of their happiness, she relents and returns home.

  1. J. Searle Dawley

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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  1. Elsie Ferguson

    Elinor Shale

  2. David Powell

    Gerald Forster

  3. John L. Shine

    Sir Robert Shale

  4. Percy Marmont

    Nol Dibdin

  5. Charles Sutton

    Hamp

  6. Bertha Kent

    Gibbard

  7. Maude Turner Gordon

    Lady Beachworth

  8. Betty Howe

    Lucy Shale

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 8 , Crews : 3

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The Lie (1918) 50 Min

ALL 04/08/1918 (en)
Drama
  • Release 04/08/1918
  • Production
    Famous Players Film Company, Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
  • Original title The Lie
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Elinor Shale's happiness at being engaged to Gerald Forster is interrupted by the arrival of her sister Lucy, who confesses that she will soon give birth to an illegitimate child. Elinor goes into seclusion with her sister until the baby is born and then tries to find a foster mother. Seeking to estrange Gerald from Elinor so that she may marry him herself, Lucy convinces him that Elinor is the child's mother. After Lucy and Gerald's marriage, Elinor learns of her sister's perfidy and resolves to tell Gerald the truth, but at the sight of their happiness, she relents and returns home.

  1. J. Searle Dawley

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer